diff --git a/src/components/organisms/DataSearch/SearchCards.tsx b/src/components/organisms/DataSearch/SearchCards.tsx
index 24ead24..e288319 100644
--- a/src/components/organisms/DataSearch/SearchCards.tsx
+++ b/src/components/organisms/DataSearch/SearchCards.tsx
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ const SearchCards = ({
                         {groups.flatMap((group) =>
                             group.options.map((option, index) => (
                                 <button
-                                    key={`${group.text}:${index}`}
+                                    key={`${group.key}:${index}`}
                                     type="button"
                                     className={styles.card}
                                     style={{ '--i': index } as React.CSSProperties}
diff --git a/src/components/organisms/DataSearch/SearchSentence.tsx b/src/components/organisms/DataSearch/SearchSentence.tsx
index 09875b9..999ce51 100644
--- a/src/components/organisms/DataSearch/SearchSentence.tsx
+++ b/src/components/organisms/DataSearch/SearchSentence.tsx
@@ -1909,7 +1909,7 @@ export const SearchSentenceHeading = ({
                             {groups.flatMap((group) =>
                                 group.options.map((option, optionIndex) => (
                                     <DropdownMenu.Item
-                                        key={`${group.text}:${optionIndex}`}
+                                        key={`${group.key}:${optionIndex}`}
                                         asChild
                                         onSelect={() => pick(option)}
                                     >
diff --git a/src/lib/search/parsedEdit.ts b/src/lib/search/parsedEdit.ts
index de4e450..24a3200 100644
--- a/src/lib/search/parsedEdit.ts
+++ b/src/lib/search/parsedEdit.ts
@@ -99,25 +99,42 @@ export function resolveTypedEdit(
 }
 
 /** One ambiguous wording of an entity_ambiguous refusal and the options
- *  that settle it (`no_data.options` whose `mentions` hold the wording), in
- *  the order the refusal lists them. */
-export type EntityChoiceGroup = { text: string; options: NoDataOption[] };
-
-/** The refusal's options grouped by the wording each settles, wordings in
- *  the order their first option comes. An option settling two wordings
- *  stands in both groups. Empty for every reason but entity_ambiguous. */
+ *  that settle it, in the order the refusal lists them. `key` is the
+ *  options' `entity_choice` (the group's index in
+ *  `no_data.ambiguous_entities`) when they carry one, else the wording. */
+export type EntityChoiceGroup = { key: number | string; text: string; options: NoDataOption[] };
+
+/** The refusal's options grouped by what each settles, groups in the order
+ *  their first option comes. An option carrying `entity_choice` joins that
+ *  `ambiguous_entities` group, so two groups written alike ("aid from Congo
+ *  to Congo") stay apart. An option without it joins a group per wording in
+ *  its `mentions`. Empty for every reason but entity_ambiguous. */
 export function entityChoiceGroups(noData: NoData | null | undefined): EntityChoiceGroup[] {
     if (noData?.reason !== 'entity_ambiguous') return [];
 
-    const groups = new Map<string, NoDataOption[]>();
+    const groups = new Map<number | string, EntityChoiceGroup>();
+    const join = (key: number | string, text: string, option: NoDataOption) => {
+        const group = groups.get(key) ?? { key, text, options: [] };
+
+        group.options.push(option);
+        groups.set(key, group);
+    };
 
     for (const option of noData.options ?? []) {
-        for (const text of option.mentions) {
-            groups.set(text, [...(groups.get(text) ?? []), option]);
+        const choice = option.entity_choice;
+
+        if (typeof choice === 'number') {
+            join(
+                choice,
+                noData.ambiguous_entities?.[choice]?.text ?? option.mentions[0] ?? '',
+                option,
+            );
+        } else {
+            for (const text of option.mentions) join(text, text, option);
         }
     }
 
-    return [...groups].map(([text, options]) => ({ text, options }));
+    return [...groups.values()];
 }
 
 /** The part an entity choice posts: its option's one-part request,
diff --git a/src/lib/search/test/fixtures/ambiguous-congo.ts b/src/lib/search/test/fixtures/ambiguous-congo.ts
index 42827d9..3f00336 100644
--- a/src/lib/search/test/fixtures/ambiguous-congo.ts
+++ b/src/lib/search/test/fixtures/ambiguous-congo.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
  * restatement, so it carries none.
  */
 
-import type { NoData, NoDataOption, ParsedPart } from '../../types.ts';
+import type { NoData, NoDataOption, ParsedPart, SentenceToken } from '../../types.ts';
 
 const congoOption = (dcid: string, label: string): NoDataOption => ({
     mentions: ['Congo'],
@@ -75,3 +75,68 @@ export const odaToCongoRestatement: ParsedPart = {
     variable_text: 'official development assistance',
     entities: [{ text: 'Congo', role_text: 'to' }],
 };
+
+/** "aid from Congo to Congo": one wording asked for each end, so the refusal
+ *  carries two `ambiguous_entities` groups written alike. Each option pins
+ *  one end by its candidate's name and posts the other as "Congo", and names
+ *  its group as `entity_choice`, as dfo-apis search/engine/conjoin.py
+ *  `_entity_options` builds them. */
+const congoEnds: NoDataOption[] = [0, 1].flatMap((entityChoice) =>
+    [
+        ['country/COD', 'Congo [DRC]'],
+        ['country/COG', 'Congo [Republic]'],
+    ].map(([dcid, label]) => {
+        const pinned = { text: label, dcid };
+        const [origin, destination] =
+            entityChoice === 0 ? [pinned, { text: 'Congo' }] : [{ text: 'Congo' }, pinned];
+
+        return {
+            mentions: ['Congo'],
+            entity_choice: entityChoice,
+            label,
+            data_query: {
+                kind: 'parsed' as const,
+                parts: [
+                    {
+                        variable_text: 'aid',
+                        entities: [
+                            { ...origin, role_text: 'from' },
+                            { ...destination, role_text: 'to' },
+                        ],
+                    },
+                ],
+            },
+        };
+    }),
+);
+
+const congoGroup = {
+    text: 'Congo',
+    candidates: [
+        { ref: 'country/COD', label: 'Congo [DRC]', kind: 'country' },
+        { ref: 'country/COG', label: 'Congo [Republic]', kind: 'country' },
+    ],
+};
+
+export const congoToCongoNoData: NoData = {
+    reason: 'entity_ambiguous',
+    entity_terms: ['Congo', 'Congo'],
+    ambiguous_entities: [congoGroup, congoGroup],
+    options: congoEnds,
+    unbound_qualifiers: [],
+};
+
+export const congoToCongoRestatement: ParsedPart = {
+    variable_text: 'aid',
+    entities: [
+        { text: 'Congo', role_text: 'from' },
+        { text: 'Congo', role_text: 'to' },
+    ],
+};
+
+/** The two wording slot tokens of its sentence plan, as dfo-apis
+ *  search/render/no_data.py `_ambiguous_entity_plan` marks them. */
+export const congoToCongoWordings: SentenceToken[] = [
+    { kind: 'slot', text: 'Congo', role: 'origin', entity_choice: 0 },
+    { kind: 'slot', text: 'Congo', axis: 'where', role: 'destination', entity_choice: 1 },
+];
diff --git a/src/lib/search/test/parsedEdit.test.ts b/src/lib/search/test/parsedEdit.test.ts
index 31a150f..fb76c34 100644
--- a/src/lib/search/test/parsedEdit.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/search/test/parsedEdit.test.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
     restatementTargetForToken,
 } from '../parsedEdit.ts';
 import {
+    congoToCongoNoData,
     gdpOfCongoNoData,
     gdpOfCongoRestatement,
     odaToCongoNoData,
@@ -274,6 +275,20 @@ test('entityChoiceGroups lists a wording per mention, in the order the options c
     assert.deepEqual(entityChoiceGroups(null), []);
 });
 
+test('entityChoiceGroups keeps one group per entity_choice, two written alike apart', () => {
+    assert.deepEqual(
+        entityChoiceGroups(congoToCongoNoData).map(({ key, text, options }) => [
+            key,
+            text,
+            options.map((option) => option.entity_choice),
+        ]),
+        [
+            [0, 'Congo', [0, 0]],
+            [1, 'Congo', [1, 1]],
+        ],
+    );
+});
+
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // offersAmbiguousPicker: SearchCards and studioHandoffParts' shared gate for
 // whether a no_data part gets the "Choose a Match" picker rather than the
diff --git a/src/lib/search/test/view.test.ts b/src/lib/search/test/view.test.ts
index b6ab2fe..82033e1 100644
--- a/src/lib/search/test/view.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/search/test/view.test.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ import { tokenPart } from '../sentencePlan.ts';
 import { definite, noData, readable, resolution } from './fixtures/resolution.ts';
 import { fixtures } from './fixtures/index.ts';
 import { noDataResponse, wireSpec } from './fixtures/no-data.ts';
+import {
+    congoToCongoNoData,
+    congoToCongoRestatement,
+    congoToCongoWordings,
+} from './fixtures/ambiguous-congo.ts';
 import { servedAnswer } from './fixtures/served-answer.ts';
 import { servedAid, servedHealth, servedHealthEvents } from './fixtures/served-options.ts';
 import {
@@ -1732,6 +1737,24 @@ test('ambiguousWordingGroup refuses the variable slot and an entity read-back',
     assert.equal(ambiguousWordingGroup({ ...token, text: 'IFC' }, refusal), null);
 });
 
+test('ambiguousWordingGroup finds each slot its own group when two wordings are written alike', () => {
+    const [from, to] = congoToCongoWordings;
+    const menu = (token: SentenceToken) =>
+        ambiguousWordingGroup(token, congoToCongoNoData)?.options.map((option) =>
+            option.data_query.parts[0]?.entities?.map((entity) => entity.dcid ?? null),
+        );
+
+    // The "from" slot pins the origin, the "to" slot the destination.
+    assert.deepEqual(menu(from), [
+        ['country/COD', null],
+        ['country/COG', null],
+    ]);
+    assert.deepEqual(menu(to), [
+        [null, 'country/COD'],
+        [null, 'country/COG'],
+    ]);
+});
+
 test("ambiguousEntityMenuTitle titles the menu by the ambiguous wording's role", () => {
     const part = noData(resolution(fixtures['entity-ambiguous']).parts[0]);
     const { restatement } = part;
@@ -1782,6 +1805,13 @@ test('ambiguousEntityMenuTitle names every ambiguous wording a shared menu offer
     };
 
     assert.equal(ambiguousEntityMenuTitle(bothAmbiguous), 'Select Provider or Recipient');
+    assert.equal(
+        ambiguousEntityMenuTitle({
+            no_data: congoToCongoNoData,
+            restatement: congoToCongoRestatement,
+        }),
+        'Select Provider or Recipient',
+    );
 });
 
 test('ambiguousEntityMenuTitle reads a restatement whose entities are null', () => {
diff --git a/src/lib/search/types.ts b/src/lib/search/types.ts
index 03ea585..f105e71 100644
--- a/src/lib/search/types.ts
+++ b/src/lib/search/types.ts
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ export type {
     IdentityUnitRequest,
     MeasureAxisValue,
     NoDataDenominator,
-    NoDataOption,
     ObservationSeries,
     ObservationsOmission,
     OpenConstraintAxisFact,
@@ -63,7 +62,6 @@ export type {
     ParsedEntity as ParsedPartEntity,
     RequestedOperation as Operation,
     RoleAxis,
-    SentenceToken,
     Shape,
     Slot,
     SlotOption,
@@ -76,6 +74,15 @@ export type {
     Warning,
 } from '@developmentfinance/client/wire';
 
+// dfo-apis' NoDataOption.entity_choice (and SentenceToken's); the vendored client lacks it.
+type EntityChoice = { entity_choice?: number | null };
+
+/** One ready request a no_data refusal offers. */
+export type NoDataOption = wire.NoDataOption & EntityChoice;
+
+/** One token of a sentence plan. */
+export type SentenceToken = wire.SentenceToken & EntityChoice;
+
 /** The envelope's contract version. */
 export type SchemaVersion = Present<wire.Resolution['schema_version']>;
 
@@ -211,10 +218,14 @@ export type SpecReading = Partial<Spec> | UnreadableSpec;
 type CandidateSet = Omit<wire.CandidateSet, 'specs'> & { specs: PartSpec[] };
 
 /** A no_data outcome with its nearest, flagged and alternate Specs flattened. */
-export type NoData = Omit<wire.NoData, 'nearest_real' | 'flagged_match' | 'alternate_match'> & {
+export type NoData = Omit<
+    wire.NoData,
+    'nearest_real' | 'flagged_match' | 'alternate_match' | 'options'
+> & {
     nearest_real?: PartSpec[] | null;
     flagged_match?: PartSpec | null;
     alternate_match?: PartSpec | null;
+    options?: NoDataOption[];
 };
 
 /** The members `searchClient.flattenPart` defaults when the wire omits them. */
diff --git a/src/lib/search/view.ts b/src/lib/search/view.ts
index 940dfbc..2b9c2d2 100644
--- a/src/lib/search/view.ts
+++ b/src/lib/search/view.ts
@@ -2571,16 +2571,23 @@ export const unresolvedPartText = (part: Part | null | undefined): string | null
     return null;
 };
 
-/** What an ambiguous wording names, by the role its restatement entity
- *  plays. The engine echoes a directed role as "from" or "to" (dfo-apis
- *  search/engine/role_text.py), so "from" is a provider, "to" a recipient, and
- *  anything else a place. */
-const ambiguousEntityNoun = (restatement: ParsedPart | null | undefined, text: string): string => {
-    const role = restatement?.entities
-        ?.find((entity) => entity.text === text)
-        ?.role_text?.toLowerCase();
+/** What an ambiguous wording names, by the role each restatement entity
+ *  written that way plays. The engine echoes a directed role as "from" or
+ *  "to" (dfo-apis search/engine/role_text.py), so "from" is a provider, "to"
+ *  a recipient, and anything else a place. A wording written at both ends
+ *  ("aid from Congo to Congo") names both. */
+const ambiguousEntityNouns = (
+    restatement: ParsedPart | null | undefined,
+    text: string,
+): string[] => {
+    const roles = (restatement?.entities ?? [])
+        .filter((entity) => entity.text === text)
+        .map((entity) => entity.role_text?.toLowerCase());
+    const nouns = roles.map((role) =>
+        role === 'from' ? 'Provider' : role === 'to' ? 'Recipient' : 'Place',
+    );
 
-    return role === 'from' ? 'Provider' : role === 'to' ? 'Recipient' : 'Place';
+    return nouns.length > 0 ? nouns : ['Place'];
 };
 
 /**
@@ -2598,7 +2605,7 @@ export const ambiguousEntityMenuTitle = (
     }
 
     const nouns = new Set(
-        groups.map((group) => ambiguousEntityNoun(part?.restatement, group.text)),
+        groups.flatMap((group) => ambiguousEntityNouns(part?.restatement, group.text)),
     );
 
     return `Select ${[...nouns].join(' or ')}`;
@@ -2607,25 +2614,31 @@ export const ambiguousEntityMenuTitle = (
 /**
  * The ambiguous wording an entity_ambiguous part's slot token renders, with
  * the options that settle it (entityChoiceGroups), or null for any other
- * token. The engine marks each wording as a `slot` token with no
- * `entity_refs` or `binding_ref`, the role the request gave it, and text
- * equal to the wording (dfo-apis search/render/no_data.py). The part's own
- * variable slot is never one.
+ * token. A token carrying `entity_choice` names its group in
+ * `no_data.ambiguous_entities`. Without it, the engine marks each wording as
+ * a `slot` token with no `entity_refs` or `binding_ref`, the role the request
+ * gave it, and text equal to the wording (dfo-apis search/render/no_data.py);
+ * the part's own variable slot is never one.
  */
 export const ambiguousWordingGroup = (
     token: SentenceToken,
     noData: NoData | null | undefined,
 ): EntityChoiceGroup | null => {
+    const choice = token.entity_choice;
+
     if (
-        token.kind !== 'slot' ||
-        token.axis === 'what' ||
-        token.binding_ref ||
-        token.entity_refs?.length
+        typeof choice !== 'number' &&
+        (token.kind !== 'slot' ||
+            token.axis === 'what' ||
+            token.binding_ref ||
+            token.entity_refs?.length)
     ) {
         return null;
     }
 
-    return entityChoiceGroups(noData).find((group) => group.text === token.text) ?? null;
+    const key = typeof choice === 'number' ? choice : token.text;
+
+    return entityChoiceGroups(noData).find((group) => group.key === key) ?? null;
 };
 
 // Values render exactly as the engine sent them — US-style separators,